The Rainbow Children
The Rainbow Children is Prince’s twenty fourth album and first to be credited to Prince after seven years of using the name Symbol. The album has a vintage jazz fusion and funk sound.
Prince plays almost all the instruments on the album, with the Fender Rhodes appearing prominently for the first time since the 1970s. John Blackwell appears on almost every song playing live drums and percussion, and Larry Graham plays bass on two songs.
Prince promoted the album on the One Nite Alone… tour from March to September 2002, which featured a new version of the New Power Generation. Recordings from this tour were released on One Nite Alone… Live, Prince’s first live album. This band went on to record two instrumental albums, C-Note and N.E.W.S..
A studio album, also called One Nite Alone…, was recorded while The Rainbow Children was being mastered.
Prince Live
Equipment
Rig Diagram
Prince In The Studio
The Rainbow Children was recorded in late 2000 and early 2001 at Paisley Park. John Blackwell appears on all songs except “The Wedding Feast” - see the live section above for a list of his equipment. Larry Graham appears on “The Work Pt. 1” and “Last December”, and probably uses his Moon JJ-4 300B.
References
- Prince Talks Drums. (2001) Modern Drummer.